Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn – Weekend Update

The first ten entries in the Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn Group Blogging Project are in! Plus more prizes!

• Scott Sehlhorst – LinkedIn as Resume 2.0
  Appropriate that this should be the #1 entry, as I think it’s probably the #1 way people are using LinkedIn.
• Barbara Rozgonyi – Top 10 Ways to Quickly Becoming a Recognized Subject Matter Expert on LinkedIn
  Great stuff – I even picked up a couple of new ideas here.
• F. John Reinke – Using LinkedIn to Create a Granfalloon
  Don’t know what a “granfalloon” is? Don’t worry – he explains.
• Nathan Gilliatt – Unpredictable Benefits of LinkedIn
  He starts it with one of my all-time favorite quotes from Louis Pasteur – “Chance favors the prepared mind.”
• Eric Mariacher – Grow Your Network While You Don’t Need It
  Or, as the old saying goes, “Dig your well before you’re thirsty.”
• CarlenLea – Brush Up Your Resume
  Here’s a cool idea – use LinkedIn to do research on your peers and competitors and get ideas for how you present yourself, as well as direction for your own professional development.
• Diane K. Danielson – Getting More Than Just Answers
  This is such a great story – Diane tells how a question posted to LinkedIn Answers actually led to a collaboration.
• Andrew Shaindlin – Pros and Cons of LinkedIn for Alumni Groups
  Andrew shares his first-hand experience of using LinkedIn to extend the reach of the Caltech Alumni Association.
• Eric Eggertson – Borrowing the Expertise of Others
  Eric explains one of the major benefits of LinkedIn – being able to keep in touch with people without having to constantly update your address book.
• Brendon Connelly – LinkedIn a Box
  Brendon reviews this cool little tool which gives an interactive view of your LinkedIn information – perfect for your blog, MySpace profile, etc.

All of the above will receive signed copies of Liz Ryan’s Happy About Online Networking and Andy Sernovitz’s Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking, as well as be eligible for some of the other great prizes.

Speaking of prizes, there are a few prizes that either a) mysteriously didn’t make it from my inbox to the project announcement, or b) I didn’t receive the response quite in time to include it:

• A lifetime JibberJobber membership ($495) courtesy of Jason Alba
• 1 year of web hosting, 100 Meg with WordPress installed, plus domain registration ($289), from ACS Web Services, courtesy of Kathie Thomas.
• A copy of Shally Steckerl’s Advanced Everything Bundle ($65.97) – This includes the Advanced LinkedIn Cheatsheet, Advanced LinkedIn Networking, Advanced Google Cheatsheet and Advanced Windows Live Cheatsheet. He’s also going to through in the pre-release of his new Blog Search Cheatsheet.
• A signed copy of Wes Zimmerman’s The Perception of a Difference ($29.95), courtesy of Bill Austin
• A signed copy of Tim Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Workweek ($19.95) – Check out my interview with Tim Ferriss over at About.com.
• A signed copy of Denise Berry’s Small Business Cash Flow ($19.95)

Lots of cool stuff up for grabs. You’ve just got today and tomorrow to get your posts in, so hurry up!

Scott Allen  (299 Posts)